Tried out Desura. I really should write bug reports to them, but I didn't really find out where and the forums seem to be hit 'n miss. One of the things I do, as a seasoned Linux user, is install software for all users on the system. This means Desura should be installed as root under/opt. Try that, and it won't work. Sure, you can have it in your home folder, but I do not consider that a good idea. (Basically, I should be able to do my stuff with/home mounted noexec). Desura is the prime example of the Windows Mindset creeping into Linux (Ubuntu's PPA are the other example). The tar.gz files that come with the Humble Bundle either can be installed in/opt, or can be made to work being installed in/opt.
Big girls are underrated. They generally lack attention by males, low self esteen and generally seem to have a healthy apetite for sex. Not to mention their huge tits.
In a sense they are the female counterparts of the male nerds. Not all nerds have tits though as I represent the skinny type myself.
Considering the BBW scene is alive and well, I'd wager to say that many men do like larger women, even here in the western world. Me? I like 'em chubby and don't hide it.
To be honest, I didn't notice it until someone pointed it out. I'm not a native English writer either and it simply looked like a mistake I'd be prone to make too.
So do I, but keep in mind he might be a non-native writer. Considering it's 'automatiser' in French, 'automatiseren' in Dutch and.'automatisieren' in German..
Now, if you are in the market for a new HDD, your current best bet is to look at the brick and mortar department stores: Much of their remaining on-the-shelf stock hasn't caught up to the rapidly raises prices yet, which currently makes them a lot cheaper than online vendors... Provided you can still find them.
True... Today, I bought 1TB Western Digital external drive for 49€. I didn't need it, I bought it for someone else. I'm just fine with 1TB in my server and 320GB in my desktop (Which is basically empty except for the OS. I could easily do with a 32GB or 16GB SSD)
Yes, but I have to clarify. We are talking about Intel boards. While they have a reputation for great stability, their motherboards on the low-end are definitely under-featured. You can't find Intel Atom boards (I'm talking boards from Intel that feature an Atom processor, not as in "Intel Atom CPU") with more than two SATA ports, and the VGA issue, of course. I think they are scared shitless about the Atoms eating in their low-end Core i3 segment. Sure, the i3 is much more powerful, but an Atom D525MW can be had for 65€, add in two sticks of 2GB RAM at 18€. That's 83€, add in a small form factor case, a small harddisk or tiny SSD and you've got yourself a nitfy dual core desktop that suffices entirely for normal desktop activity. The cheapest i3 CPU, I could find was 75€ on itself.
To put a (modern) Atom-based machine in perspective. An Atom D525 performs just a bit worse on benchmarks (like Passmark) than the "beast" I built in 2003: an Athlon MP 2400+: Atom D525 versus Athlon MP 2400+
. Just note that the MP still makes a quite worthy desktop, at least for my needs.
I haven't seen an E-350 without DVI either (motherboards, laptops/netbooks are a different story), but they really can't be had as cheap as what Intel delivers with the Atoms.
You can get Atom-based motherboards with DVI and/or HDMI, but they won't be Intel boards.
What Intel Atom board was it? I have a D510MO as a server for my parents, a D525MW as a desktop for an uncle of my wife and a D410PT for my mother in law. All of these only have VGA. At my favourite online computerstore, they currently only stock the D525MW and the D425KT. Both are VGA only.
I have non-Intel Atom boards (a Point of View Atom 330) and a nettop (Foxconn nt535) that have digital outputs. On the Foxconn only VGA + HDMI though.
Atom Intel motherboards don't. I also bought a Dell Optiplex last year and it was VGA only. (Cheapest I could find because management didn't want to give me a reasonable budget)
Ah, yes... I remember. The first PC I used was an IBM PS/2 Model 50 (20Mhz 286, 1MB RAM). It wasn't mine, at that time I was still a kid. Apparently it cost as much as a small car. Boy, was my mom miffed when she found out how much that "useless machine" cost. Never mind it put the groundworks for my career. My first "own" PC was a laptop: 486DX/2-66, 8MB RAM, 320MB disk. An absolute beast.
I personally have "big" machines. Well, I have some nifty stuff but it was "big" in 2003 (Athlon MP 2400+/4GB RAM). I'm now in the "I'm cheap and anything is good enough for me" mode, which means that I type this on a Nettop: Atom D525, 2GB RAM,320GB HDD... What most people don't realize is that this "low-end" machine is nearly on par with the MP. Technology, ain't it awesome?:-)
I do have a nice laptop because I could get it very very cheap. A Dell L502x. I actually haven't used it at all, ever since I unpacked it back in June. Apparently, you can fit it with 16GB RAM once 8GB SO-DIMM get released. Currently max is 8GB (I only have 4GB), but that's the word on the street.
While a risk, it may be that it supports more anyway. If you've got RAM at hand to test it, I'd most certainly would. This is notable with laptops of a certain age, specced 1GB (thus 2x512MB), they also work with 2GB (2x1GB), and I've also seen it on plain motherboards. My sisters got a Core 2 Duo based machine I bought at a bankruptcy. The (Intel) motherboard is specced at 2GB according to ark.intel.com. I just gambled on 2x2GB working with it (there were rumours on forums it might work), and it did... Sure, I lose 512MB due to the chipset and my sister running XP, but 3.5GB still is better than 2GB:-)
With the prices of RAM, check whether your motherboard supports 16GB and if it does, buy it. It's so cheap these days, there is no reason not to get the maximum RAM your machine can handle, within reasonable prices. Hey, even my moms desktop has 16GB RAM and so does my wifes iMac. Both are basically surf 'n email machines. Let it use it as cache.... (I used to say "buy the maximum RAM the board supports", but I had to back down on that one because my moms motherboard supports 32GB RAM and that is still prohibitively expensive)
If you're AMD based, you might even be able to upgrade your CPU to a Phenom II X6, which would give you six cores. My brother has such a setup, coupled with 16GB RAM. He plays games though.
They get you on import taxes... While not electronics, I used to buy ThinkGeek shirts, but not anymore. The import taxes make them simply too expensive. Electronics are often simply not shipped overseas. I only buy in the US when it's next to impossible to get the parts here. Worst I had was a LCD replacement panel for 35€... It cost a whopping 35€ (yes, you read that right) on import taxes. This is often due to UPS/DPD/whatever taking their cuts. However saying "I'll wait, send it by Post" often doesn't work. ThinkGeek doesn't do it and the case with the 35€ tax was when I bought directly from Signapore. I told them to do by postal way, and they did, except somewhere over the transit it ended up with DPD, so I had a packet in a packet. I refused that packet, by the way: no way I pay 100% markup. Somewhere at German customs (because you get the customs from the country where the plane lands, which means you get their import taxes. Can hurt a lot.) there is an LCD panel lying around.;-) That laptop still is broken... It was a nice machine, but finding a fitting LCD panel in Europe?
It's hit 'n miss by the way. You simply cannot tell what exactly is going to be the extra fees, I bought a few Tokioflash watches. I never had to pay anything on import. Those where sent from Japan by Post. They had a promotional action when the Tsunami happened. They would donate the profit to the Red Cross Japan upon buying a watch. I bought one (after all, get a watch and do good... what's not to like) and due to the logistics being down in Japan they sent it from Signapore (This time sent by FedEx). Import taxes: 25€. I didn't complain on that one, but you see, even buying with the same company doesn't guarantee you anything. (I did expect it a bit, since I knew it wouldn't come from Japan)
Basically, when I buy online, it will be from Germany or the UK (in that order, because of the British Pound). I live in Luxembourg.
Your ISP may use a strange proxy combination that makes you appear to come from somewhere you're not. A few years ago, when I surfed on my cellphone, it always insisted I was in Sweden. I definitely am not in Sweden. It also possible that an IP block formerly associated to the US has been reused for a German ISP and the GeoIP databases aren't yet up to date. Enjoy it as long as you can.
If your theory is correct, then the current advent of masses of cheap-to-free computers is going to boost black presence in the tech field within the next 10 years. Machines in the P-IV / AMD XP 2.nn GHz range are very common in dumpsters. Occasionally you find an an AMD64 (754 socket and 939 socket) or even an early Core (2) Duo[1]
Add in the "real" and Free (as in liberty and money) operating system and you've got actually *less* obstacles for a good understanding of computers than the proprietary counterparts from either Redmond or Cupertino.
[1] Disclaimer, I live in a well-off country and I find those in my local recycling centre. I used to take them, but I simply cannot find anyone who wants them (!). Even lower income families can afford the 3nn€ laptops on sale everywhere. Heck, I'm typing this on a cheap Atom based nettop. It was 199€, sans OS and has a D525, 2GB RAM and 320GB HDD. Turned out to be a nice desktop for me that is much more silent than my other machines.
Depends where you live. They're rolling it out in my country (which is tiny, so it probably makes it easier). In my parents street major roadworks were planned and they upgraded everything at once. My father now has Fibre right there arriving in his basement. It's not used now, but now our ISP offers Fiber service, he asked to switch. So, yes, in houses these days Fibre does arrive.
Holy fuck... I remember the 3615 ads on TF1 while watching cartoons. (May have been Club Dorothée, but that might have been another channel). The fact that I still know it's 3615, just means those ads did work. I've never used it as I don't live in France.
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Tried out Desura. I really should write bug reports to them, but I didn't really find out where and the forums seem to be hit 'n miss. One of the things I do, as a seasoned Linux user, is install software for all users on the system. This means Desura should be installed as root under /opt. Try that, and it won't work. Sure, you can have it in your home folder, but I do not consider that a good idea. (Basically, I should be able to do my stuff with /home mounted noexec). Desura is the prime example of the Windows Mindset creeping into Linux (Ubuntu's PPA are the other example). The tar.gz files that come with the Humble Bundle either can be installed in /opt, or can be made to work being installed in /opt.
It's probably just me though...
Big girls are underrated. They generally lack attention by males, low self esteen and generally seem to have a healthy apetite for sex. Not to mention their huge tits. In a sense they are the female counterparts of the male nerds. Not all nerds have tits though as I represent the skinny type myself.
What is that? Perl?
Considering the BBW scene is alive and well, I'd wager to say that many men do like larger women, even here in the western world. Me? I like 'em chubby and don't hide it.
To be honest, I didn't notice it until someone pointed it out. I'm not a native English writer either and it simply looked like a mistake I'd be prone to make too.
So do I, but keep in mind he might be a non-native writer. Considering it's 'automatiser' in French, 'automatiseren' in Dutch and.'automatisieren' in German..
Exactly to the point. Interest-based education would be the best option.
True... Today, I bought 1TB Western Digital external drive for 49€. I didn't need it, I bought it for someone else. I'm just fine with 1TB in my server and 320GB in my desktop (Which is basically empty except for the OS. I could easily do with a 32GB or 16GB SSD)
Sounds incorrect. I can get a Celeron here. Not that I'd ever buy a Celeron or a Pentium. Those names are tarnished for me.
Yes, but I have to clarify. We are talking about Intel boards. While they have a reputation for great stability, their motherboards on the low-end are definitely under-featured. You can't find Intel Atom boards (I'm talking boards from Intel that feature an Atom processor, not as in "Intel Atom CPU") with more than two SATA ports, and the VGA issue, of course. I think they are scared shitless about the Atoms eating in their low-end Core i3 segment. Sure, the i3 is much more powerful, but an Atom D525MW can be had for 65€, add in two sticks of 2GB RAM at 18€. That's 83€, add in a small form factor case, a small harddisk or tiny SSD and you've got yourself a nitfy dual core desktop that suffices entirely for normal desktop activity. The cheapest i3 CPU, I could find was 75€ on itself.
To put a (modern) Atom-based machine in perspective. An Atom D525 performs just a bit worse on benchmarks (like Passmark) than the "beast" I built in 2003: an Athlon MP 2400+: Atom D525 versus Athlon MP 2400+
. Just note that the MP still makes a quite worthy desktop, at least for my needs.
I haven't seen an E-350 without DVI either (motherboards, laptops/netbooks are a different story), but they really can't be had as cheap as what Intel delivers with the Atoms.
You can get Atom-based motherboards with DVI and/or HDMI, but they won't be Intel boards.
What Intel Atom board was it? I have a D510MO as a server for my parents, a D525MW as a desktop for an uncle of my wife and a D410PT for my mother in law. All of these only have VGA. At my favourite online computerstore, they currently only stock the D525MW and the D425KT. Both are VGA only.
I have non-Intel Atom boards (a Point of View Atom 330) and a nettop (Foxconn nt535) that have digital outputs. On the Foxconn only VGA + HDMI though.
Make that this year... March to be exact. The machine was a OptiPlex 380 SF.
Atom Intel motherboards don't. I also bought a Dell Optiplex last year and it was VGA only. (Cheapest I could find because management didn't want to give me a reasonable budget)
Ah, yes... I remember. The first PC I used was an IBM PS/2 Model 50 (20Mhz 286, 1MB RAM). It wasn't mine, at that time I was still a kid. Apparently it cost as much as a small car. Boy, was my mom miffed when she found out how much that "useless machine" cost. Never mind it put the groundworks for my career. My first "own" PC was a laptop: 486DX/2-66, 8MB RAM, 320MB disk. An absolute beast.
I personally have "big" machines. Well, I have some nifty stuff but it was "big" in 2003 (Athlon MP 2400+/4GB RAM). I'm now in the "I'm cheap and anything is good enough for me" mode, which means that I type this on a Nettop: Atom D525, 2GB RAM,320GB HDD... What most people don't realize is that this "low-end" machine is nearly on par with the MP. Technology, ain't it awesome? :-)
I do have a nice laptop because I could get it very very cheap. A Dell L502x. I actually haven't used it at all, ever since I unpacked it back in June. Apparently, you can fit it with 16GB RAM once 8GB SO-DIMM get released. Currently max is 8GB (I only have 4GB), but that's the word on the street.
it was just a suggestion. Didn't realize you only had two slots. 8GB modules are too expensive right now.
While a risk, it may be that it supports more anyway. If you've got RAM at hand to test it, I'd most certainly would. This is notable with laptops of a certain age, specced 1GB (thus 2x512MB), they also work with 2GB (2x1GB), and I've also seen it on plain motherboards. My sisters got a Core 2 Duo based machine I bought at a bankruptcy. The (Intel) motherboard is specced at 2GB according to ark.intel.com. I just gambled on 2x2GB working with it (there were rumours on forums it might work), and it did... Sure, I lose 512MB due to the chipset and my sister running XP, but 3.5GB still is better than 2GB :-)
With the prices of RAM, check whether your motherboard supports 16GB and if it does, buy it. It's so cheap these days, there is no reason not to get the maximum RAM your machine can handle, within reasonable prices. Hey, even my moms desktop has 16GB RAM and so does my wifes iMac. Both are basically surf 'n email machines. Let it use it as cache.... (I used to say "buy the maximum RAM the board supports", but I had to back down on that one because my moms motherboard supports 32GB RAM and that is still prohibitively expensive)
If you're AMD based, you might even be able to upgrade your CPU to a Phenom II X6, which would give you six cores. My brother has such a setup, coupled with 16GB RAM. He plays games though.
They get you on import taxes... While not electronics, I used to buy ThinkGeek shirts, but not anymore. The import taxes make them simply too expensive. Electronics are often simply not shipped overseas. I only buy in the US when it's next to impossible to get the parts here. Worst I had was a LCD replacement panel for 35€... It cost a whopping 35€ (yes, you read that right) on import taxes. This is often due to UPS/DPD/whatever taking their cuts. However saying "I'll wait, send it by Post" often doesn't work. ThinkGeek doesn't do it and the case with the 35€ tax was when I bought directly from Signapore. I told them to do by postal way, and they did, except somewhere over the transit it ended up with DPD, so I had a packet in a packet. I refused that packet, by the way: no way I pay 100% markup. Somewhere at German customs (because you get the customs from the country where the plane lands, which means you get their import taxes. Can hurt a lot.) there is an LCD panel lying around. ;-) That laptop still is broken... It was a nice machine, but finding a fitting LCD panel in Europe?
It's hit 'n miss by the way. You simply cannot tell what exactly is going to be the extra fees, I bought a few Tokioflash watches. I never had to pay anything on import. Those where sent from Japan by Post. They had a promotional action when the Tsunami happened. They would donate the profit to the Red Cross Japan upon buying a watch. I bought one (after all, get a watch and do good... what's not to like) and due to the logistics being down in Japan they sent it from Signapore (This time sent by FedEx). Import taxes: 25€. I didn't complain on that one, but you see, even buying with the same company doesn't guarantee you anything. (I did expect it a bit, since I knew it wouldn't come from Japan)
Basically, when I buy online, it will be from Germany or the UK (in that order, because of the British Pound). I live in Luxembourg.
International shipping is a mess.
Your ISP may use a strange proxy combination that makes you appear to come from somewhere you're not. A few years ago, when I surfed on my cellphone, it always insisted I was in Sweden. I definitely am not in Sweden. It also possible that an IP block formerly associated to the US has been reused for a German ISP and the GeoIP databases aren't yet up to date. Enjoy it as long as you can.
Instead of just saying "read the book", tell me why. I'm not going to buy a book just on base of a slashdot comment.
If your theory is correct, then the current advent of masses of cheap-to-free computers is going to boost black presence in the tech field within the next 10 years. Machines in the P-IV / AMD XP 2.nn GHz range are very common in dumpsters. Occasionally you find an an AMD64 (754 socket and 939 socket) or even an early Core (2) Duo[1]
Add in the "real" and Free (as in liberty and money) operating system and you've got actually *less* obstacles for a good understanding of computers than the proprietary counterparts from either Redmond or Cupertino.
[1] Disclaimer, I live in a well-off country and I find those in my local recycling centre. I used to take them, but I simply cannot find anyone who wants them (!). Even lower income families can afford the 3nn€ laptops on sale everywhere. Heck, I'm typing this on a cheap Atom based nettop. It was 199€, sans OS and has a D525, 2GB RAM and 320GB HDD. Turned out to be a nice desktop for me that is much more silent than my other machines.
Depends where you live. They're rolling it out in my country (which is tiny, so it probably makes it easier). In my parents street major roadworks were planned and they upgraded everything at once. My father now has Fibre right there arriving in his basement. It's not used now, but now our ISP offers Fiber service, he asked to switch. So, yes, in houses these days Fibre does arrive.
Not on 11.10, it isn't.
Holy fuck... I remember the 3615 ads on TF1 while watching cartoons. (May have been Club Dorothée, but that might have been another channel). The fact that I still know it's 3615, just means those ads did work. I've never used it as I don't live in France.
Minitel still exists? ;-)